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Ep. 236- 28 Years Later (2025) Discussion + Review

Hello Roomies!

A day late but hope you enjoy our deep dive into 28 Years Later and what we anticipate for the future of this franchise!

Let us know your thoughts on the movie in the comments, this was a divisive one!!!

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Weekly Update- June 24, 2025

Hello Roomies! Some important updates to share!

Game Night- Postponed until July 2, 2025

  • Sorry for the last minute delay, but due to an illness and more annoyingly, technical issues with the recording client we use, we have to postpone Game Night until next Tuesday to ensure our episodes this week are released timely!

  • Likely looking to do 5pm PST/8pm EST on July 2, 2025

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House of Horrors- Scream

Hello Roomies!

Our final movie in OG Slashers month! A lot to go over in this one!!

  • Scream's influence, the most influential 90s horror movie?

  • The iconic opening scene, could they do that today?

  • Who is the scariest OG slasher from this month?

  • Which Wes Craven movie do you prefer, this or Nightmare on Elm Street?

and a lot more! Drop your thoughts in the comments!

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The Monday Episode- June 23, 2025

Hello Roomies!

We did went through some of your Letterboxd entries and then answered some voicemails!

  • Favorite Stephen King adaptations? - Maggie

  • What do you think Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Bowser's favorite movies are? - Alex

  • Who is on your Mt. Rushmore of movie characters?- Mitchell

  • Directors you unexpectedly fell in love with- Joey

As a reminder, if you'd like a chance for your Letterboxd diary entry/review rea...

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The "Monday" Episode- June 17, 2025

Hey Roomies!

We solved some of the technical issues with this episode! Sorry for the slight audio issues, this also shouldnt be an issue in the future!

A lot of stuff in the news today!

  • The new Naked Gun trailer and return of Space Balls

  • New Pixar movie announcement

  • 1 Year Old Birthday Traditions are wild??

  • New criterions announced!

and a lot more!

Let us know your thoughts in the comments!!

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House of Netflix- The Woman in the Window (2021)

Hello Roomies!

Still working on fixing that The Monday Episode (should be up tomorrow) so in the mean time, here is our episode on The Woman in the Window!

  • Amy Adams movies in 2020... interesting trajectory

  • The obsession with true crime bleeding into movies

  • Joe Wright directed this??

  • Crazy stacked cast, bad or good thing?

and a lot more! If you've seen this movie or read the book, let us know what you think of ...

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House of Horrors- Child's Play (1988)

Hello Roomies!

Full disclosure, we are having some technical issues with The Monday Episode (the site we use has NOT been great) so while we fix the issue, we still want to release an episode for you all!

So here is our episode on Child's Play! Easily one of our favorite so far in OG slashers.

  • Why don't people put Chucky on the Mt. Rushmore of slashers, is being a doll holding him back?

  • Is Child's Play...an action movie?

  • Is Chucky the...

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Weekly Update- June 16, 2025

Hello Roomies! Some updates to share for this week!

Discord Movie Night- TOMORROW (Film Enthusiasts and Above)

  • Tomorrow at 4:30pm PDT/7:30 EST on Discord

  • The movie we will be screening is Deep Blue Sea!

  • If your proper role is not assigned within Discord, please message us at Patreon directly with your username.

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PUBLIC- Ep. 235- How To Train Your Dragon (2025) Review + Discussion

Hello Roomies!

Going to do a quick flip flop of episodes this week! Releasing our public episode today and and The Monday Episode tomorrow!

HTTYD Live Action is here and once again we must have the live action conversation. But this time, its a little bit different!

Let us know what you think of the movie! Do you prefer the remakes to be shot for shot with no changes? What movie do you think Dreamworks will greenlight next?

Let us know all your thoughts in the comment...

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Technical Error- TMNT: Mutant Mayhem Delayed

Hello Roomies!!

Unfortunately, due to some wifi issues we were unable to get the recording for this episode done in time. We are extremely sorry for this, but this episode will 100% still happen and will update you all once its been completed.

Once again, extremely extremely sorry for this last minute delay!

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House of Horrors- Friday the 13th (1980)

Hello Roomies!

Jason is such an interesting OG slasher considering... hes not even in the first movie??? Many people have mixed feelings on this movie, critics and fans. Yet for many it holds a special place in people's hearts.

  • Is this movie less successful if the title is different?

  • The Pamela Voorhees reveal

  • Predictions for the A24 Crystal Lake prequel series

  • Is Jason on the Mount Rushmore of slashers?

    Drop your...

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July HORROR Theme

Its that time again! July is fast approaching and since July is such a big summer month, we want to ensure we are prepared early for the House of Horrors!

Happy voting, voting ends on June 15th!

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PUBLIC- Ep. 234- Ballerina (2025) Review + Discussion

Happy Tuesday Roomies!

We discussed the latest from the world of John Wick!

  • Where does Ballerina rank?

  • The future of John Wick as a franchise

  • Ghost directing

  • The best action scene (besides the flame thrower)

Drop your thoughts on the movie in the comments!

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The Monday Episode- June 09, 2025

Hello Roomies!

Today we did some catch up on our weeks and then did a quick voicemail round up!! Let us know your answers to the questions below!

  • Which movie character would you NOT want as a neighbor? - Darcy

  • Which sport needs a dedicated movie? - Maggie

  • What are the most popular indie theaters in your area?- Alec

  • Which movies would you like to see more of because the lore was so rich and interesting to you? - Cory

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House of Heroes- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol: 3

Hello Roomies!

We are making insane progress on our MCU journey! And this was a big milestone for us!

  • how does the GOTG Vol 3 hold up?

  • final ranking of the Guardians members?

  • what does the future hold for the Guardians?

  • Final GOTG movie rankings

and a lot more! Hope everyone enjoy this episode!

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House of Horrors- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Happy OG Slashers Month Roomies!

We have a stacked slate of movies to get through this month and we wanted to start the month off with a bang! So naturally, we are discussing Nightmare on Elm Street.

Drop your thoughts on the movie in the comments!

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PUBLIC- Ep. 233- May 2025 New Movie Recap

Hello Roomies!

Here is our May 2025 New Movie recap!

Even with Cannes, we were still able to see MOST of the movies released in May! Let us know your answers to our superlatives!

  • favorite of the month?

  • disappointing of the month?

  • surprise of the month?

  • most anticipated of June?

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Weekly Update - 06/02/2025

Hello everyone! Since we are finally back and (semi) recovered from Cannes, we wanted to give a quick update so we can get back into our normal routine!

Discord Movie Night (Film Enthusiasts & Above)

  • Currently, we are looking to have our June movie night on the 17th (Tuesday) at 4:30pm PST.

  • We will have the movie chosen by our Cinephiles

  • Poll will go up this Friday

Trivia Night (Film Fans & Above)

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The (Lost) Monday Episode- May 05, 2025

Hey Roomies!

Back on May 5th, we thought we lost the Monday Episode due to a technical difficulty. Fortunately, with a bit of back and forth with the hosting website, we were able to save an hour of it! Which is essentially the news from back on that day!

We still had a fun conversation so we wanted to make that available to you all! Next week, it should be back to routine Monday Episode + Voicemails! There were only a couple voicemails from the episode on the 5th that we lost, bu...

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House of Horrors - OG Slasher Month

HI ROOMIES!

Happy June, Happy Pride, AND!!! Happy House of Horrors Reveal Day! OG Slasher Month has us returning to our slasher roots and our regular release schedule. We’re so excited to dive into these classics with you all!

The full schedule for June will release tomorrow!

Let us know which pick you’re most excited for :)

- HoC Team

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House of Heroes- Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania

Hello Roomies!

We are just realizing we are much further into the MCU than we realized! And with the recent delay in Avengers: Doomsday, we are making steady progress to actually catch up with the current releases!

But first... Quantumania stands in our way.

A LOT to talk about here.

  • What went wrong exactly?

  • Thoughts on Cassie Lang?

  • MODOK gets too much hate?

  • Do people still go to Baskin Robbins?

  • ...

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PUBLIC- Ep. 232- The 2025 Cannes Film Festival Recap

Edit: 05/27/2025- Episode has been fixed (still audio issue but delay is no longer present). So sorry for the delay!!

Edit: 05/27/2025: Sorry Roomies! There is apparently a major delay about halfway through. We will have to re-edit the episode and once completed, then repost the episode. We will notify everyone once its been reposted!

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PUBLIC- Ep. 231- Mission: Impossible- The Final Reckoning Review + Discussion

Hello Roomies!

Since we were able to see The Final Reckoning a little early, we decided why not release the episode early!

So here it is, a 2 hour deep dive on the many feelings and questions we had about the potential final movie in the Mission Impossible franchise.

We had such a fun time recapping these movies and we hope you did too! If you've seen the movie, drop your thoughts in the comments! If you havent, be wary of spoilers!!

Spoilers: The Hunger Games: Mocki...

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House of Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 (2023)

Here it is Roomies,

The final episode in our Mission Impossible series. To say this has been fun would be an immense understatement. We hope you've enjoyed diving into these movies again and we hope you are excited for our Final Reckoning episode coming out next week!

  • Is Dead Reckoning the most ambitious Mission Impossible movie?

  • The crushing effect of Barbenheimer

  • How do we feel about Gabriel, Grace, and the Entity?

  • Ilsa Faust<...

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The "Monday" Episode- Cannes 2025 (So Far)

Hey Roomies!

As mentioned, slight schedule change for this week. But here is our episode casually discussing Cannes and the movies we had seen up until that point.

No spoilers and very surface level conversations since we want to save the meat of the discussion for the Cannes Recap.

Hope you enjoy!!

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PUBLIC- Ep. 230: The Mission: Impossible Draft

Hello Roomies! We decided to switch up this week's schedule a bit! To celebrate Mission Impossible's release, our draft episode will be the public episode that releases today!

Tomorrow's "Monday" episode will be a more casual Cannes catch up.

There may some more changes later this week since Cannes has been a little busier than we anticipated, so if thats the case, we will be sure let you all know!

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June Horror Poll

Happy Friday Roomies!!

Friendly reminder that our episode on The Fly was released on the 8th, so body horror month has come to a close and it's time to vote on the horror theme for June! Voting will end next Friday, 5/23. Happy voting!

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House of Mission Impossible: Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018)

Hello Roomies!

This is it, the big one! Fallout is many people's favorite Mission Impossible movie, which is probably why we yapped for 2 hours about it.

So much to talk about!

  • the HALO jump

  • Henry Cavill as Walker

  • Is this the best MI movie?

  • Breaking down why the final sequence is SO good

  • Is McQ the best MI director?

and a lot more! Drop your Fallout thoughts in the comments, one episode le...

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PUBLIC- Ep. 229- Cannes 2025 Preview: Movies To Have On Your Radar

Hey Roomies!

Just a reminder, due to our travel day, there will be no episode on Tuesday. Instead, please enjoy our Cannes Preview episode!

What movies are you most excited to see? Any Palm d'or predictions??

Also, maybe our most unhinged Q&A ever?

Have a great Monday everyone!

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House of Horrors- The Fly (1986)

Hello Roomies!

Since we could not get The Monday Episode out this week, please enjoy our episode on The Fly!

This is THEE body horror movie

  • a discussion on the practical effects

  • deleted scenes and potential sequels

  • why The Fly continues to hold up

  • Jeff Goldblum's best role...ever?

And a lot more!

Drop your thoughts on The Fly in the comments!!!

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